A watercolour depicting a topographical interior view of the Queen's Sitting-Room in Windsor Castle.

The Saxon Cradle, purchased in 1843 and used for the infant Princess Alice and thereafter Victoria and Albert's other children, features prominently in this watercolour (RCIN 1453). Also visible are a portfolio stand and some albums in the window to the left, a portrait of Princess Charlotte (RCIN 407117) that was given to Queen Victoria by her uncle Leopold, King of the Belgians, as a birthday present in 1845, Francis Grant's painting Queen Victoria riding out (RCIN 400749) and Edwin Landseer's Windsor Castle in Modern Times (RCIN 406903).

Nash appears to have first worked for Victoria and Albert in 1844, when he was commissioned to record events from the visits of, first, the Emperor of Russia and then Louis-Philippe, King of the French. A version of this watercolour was reproduced as a lithograph by Nash in his publication Views of the Interior and Exterior of Windsor Castle (1848), which he dedicated to the Queen. The introduction states: "On the various occasions when the Continental Sovereigns were entertained by Her Majesty at Windsor Castle, Mr Nash had the honour of receiving Her Majesty's commands to make Drawings of the scenes illustrative of the state and ceremony which distinguish the Royal hospitality". As well as such narrative scenes (see, for example, RCIN 919791), Nash's publication also included illustrations of rooms and spaces within the Castle such as this one, which must have been made with Victoria and Albert's permission. Some watercolours by Nash connected with the publication are in the Royal Collection; three were acquired by Victoria and Albert for their watercolour albums, but the majority were purchased in the twentieth century. A complete set of 26 watercolours, which are probably the final works on which the lithographs in the publication were based, is in the collection of Anglesey Abbey (National Trust).